Khalil is half Chinese and half African American. His dad is, Gylan Kain, one of the founding members of The Original Last Poets. They were the group of poets and recording artists who were partly responsible for bringing spoken word to the forefront during the late 60’s/70’s eras and they are oftentimes dubbed as being one of the first group of artists to give way to the hip hop culture with their style of aggressive poetry delivery.

Khalil’s sister is aslo an actress. Her name is Amber Kain and she mostly stars in stage plays.